Max Fried strikes out 13, notches 18th win as Yankees blank Orioles 7-0

By: David Ginsburg, The Associated Press Posted: 9:06 PM CDT Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025

BALTIMORE (AP) — Max Fried struck out 13 over seven innings while earning his major league-leading 18th victory, and the surging New York Yankees blanked the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 Thursday night.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Max Fried struck out 13 over seven innings while earning his major league-leading 18th victory, and the surging New York Yankees blanked the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 Thursday night.

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Max Fried struck out 13 over seven innings while earning his major league-leading 18th victory, and the surging New York Yankees blanked the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 Thursday night.

The victory moved the Yankees within three games of first-place Toronto in the AL East. Both teams have nine games left.

New York has gone 17-7 since Aug. 23 to climb out of third place in the division and take charge of the AL wild card.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Mixing fastballs, changeups and a tantalizingly slow curve ball, Fried (18-5) dominated the last-place Orioles. His 13 strikeouts tied a career high, set last year against Boston while with the Atlanta Braves.

Fried allowed only three hits — all singles — to win his fifth straight start and reach a career high in victories. The lefty notched 17 wins in 2019 with Atlanta.

Amed Rosario provided the Yankees the lead for good with a two-run, two-out double in the first inning off Cade Povich (3-8).

It was 3-0 before New York pulled away with a four-run seventh. Paul Goldschmidt singled in a run, Aaron Judge delivered a sacrifice fly to up his RBI total to 104 and Giancarlo Stanton tacked on a two-run double.

Key moment

The Orioles had runners at the corners with two outs in the sixth in a 3-0 game before Fried struck out Tyler O’Neill to quell the threat.

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